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COVID-19: Through the Cancer Lens

ACS CAN South Carolina Health Policy Forum 2020 Pre-Registration for the 2020 South Carolina Health Policy Forum is now closed. You may register the day of the event (August 21st, 10AM ET) by clicking here . Save this event to your  ... 21, 2020 from 10am to 11:30am. The event will feature perspectives from leaders in policy, health, business and academia, and explore cancer care, prevention, and access to health care during COVID-19. We are excited to announce the following guest speakers: Moderator: Dr. Jan Eberth : ...

Cancer Patients Urge House Passage of Stimulus Package

... passage out of both the Senate Appropriations and Finance Committees yesterday. The legislation contains a significant funding boost for public health measures that improve access to care, prevention and wellness programs, community health organizations, National Institutes of Health (NIH) research and health information technology.  The following is a statement on the ...

Opinion: Medicaid expansion is popular – and necessary

... & Review. By Philip R. O’Brien, national member of the ACS CAN Board of Directors In the Badger State, we have a proud tradition of taking care of each other when our friends and neighbors are struggling. It’s the Wisconsin way. Right now, tens of thousands of Wisconsinites are struggling to afford health care for diseases like cancer. Expanding BadgerCare, Wisconsin’s Medicaid program, is incredibly popular. According to the latest survey ... Action Network (ACS CAN), 7 in 10 Wisconsinites want to see BadgerCare expanded and 8 in 10 want our elected officials to take action to make health care more affordable. BadgerCare is critical in the fight against cancer. Thousands of Wisconsinites depend on this program for cancer ...

The Case for Increasing Access to Medicaid

As of January 2014, states have the option to offer comprehensive health care coverage to low-income, uninsured individuals through their state Medicaid programs. However, a recent White House report found that millions of uninsured Americans continue to lack access to health care coverage because a number of state lawmakers and/or governors have chosen not to broaden access to Medicaid. These millions of ...

Patient Groups Praise Administration’s Action to Preserve Protections Against Discrimination for LGBTQ Patients

Washington, D.C.—More than a dozen patient groups representing millions of Americans with serious and chronic health conditions are praising the Biden administration’s action to preserve protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) patients receiving health care services. The groups filed an amicus brief in a case against the 2020 Rule that rescinded protections for LGBTQ people and individuals ...

New York Times -- "With a Son in Remission, Family Looks for Coverage"

Texas family featured in a New York Times article illustrates why ACS CAN is fighting for health care reform In many cases, we already know what we need to do to fight cancer. But if people don't have access to lifesaving screenings and treatments, what good are they? If we can fix the system for cancer patients, we can fix it for virtually anyone who needs to access health care. Danna and Russ Walker from Humble, Texas exemplify the tremendous need for health care reform in this country. They are a hardworking ...

ACS CAN President's Statement on Obama's Speech

"President Obama could not have been more explicit in making cancer and health care top priorities for his administration. With extraordinary resolve, the President stated his goal to conquer cancer and to cure in our lifetime a disease that kills more than 560,000 people each year. He was also unequivocal in declaring that comprehensive health care reform must happen this year. On behalf of cancer patients and survivors across the country, the American Cancer Society and its ...

3-29-11 Maine Advocacy Update

...   Note that items in underlined, blue text are hyperlinks - click on them for more information.   State Budget - Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program The Governor's proposed Biennial Budget for FY 2012-2013 includes a $60,000 cut to the Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program. ACS testified in opposition to this cut to the program at the public hearing held by the Appropriations and Health and Human ... looking like a budget will not be passed until late in the session, possibly not until May or even June.   Access to Affordable, Quality Health Care Access to Clinical Trials Last week, ACS testified in support of LD 712 , sponsored by Representative Strang Burgess (R-Cumberland) at the ...

Families Affected by Cancer Gather Across the Country to Watch State of the Union

WASHINGTON – January 27, 2010 – Cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones are calling on the President to continue to make meaningful health care reform a top national priority. Cancer advocates will gather across the country tonight to watch President Obama lay out his legislative ... calling on the President and all Members of Congress to work together to quickly pass legislation that improves access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans. “We cannot fulfill the President’s promise of ending cancer in our lifetime if the country does not improve ...

Montana Cancer Votes

... further discovery and saving lives. Will you vote for sustainable annual increases in cancer research funding for the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute and for cancer prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention? Tim Sheehy Download ... later stages, when cancer can be more costly to treat and when they can have worse survivorship outcomes. They face unique challenges to cancer care, including workforce shortages, long travel distances, lack of access to specialists, fewer insurance options and higher premiums, and less ... their families can sometimes be left with crippling medical debt after their treatment. Burdensome medical debt may affect a person’s mental health and quality of life. Having medical debt may make people with cancer more likely to delay or skip future care for fear of costs and adding ...

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